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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.247-13 Accessorial Services—Moving Contracts.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause applies to contracts for moving household goods or office furniture. It requires the contractor to handle packing, crating, padding, disassembly, reassembly, appliance servicing, unpacking, and placement of the property. It matters because it spells out the specific moving services the contractor must perform and the conditions those services must meet.

Applies to: Contractors performing transportation of household goods or office furniture

What it requires

  • Perform all packing and/or crating and padding necessary to protect the goods
  • Furnish packing containers, crating materials, and padding materials and equipment
  • Furnish or arrange padding or other protective material for building interiors, including elevators, when necessary
  • Ensure all containers and materials are clean and of sufficient quality to protect the goods

Key terms: Accessorial services · Packing · Crating · Padding · Disassembling and reassembling

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 47.207-5(c), insert a clause substantially as follows in solicitations and contracts for the transportation of household goods or office furniture:

Accessorial Services—Moving Contracts (APR 1984)

(a) Packing and/or crating and padding. The Contractor shall—

(1) Perform all of the packing and/or crating and padding necessary for the protection of the goods to be transported;

(2) Furnish packing containers, including, but not limited to, barrels, boxes, wardrobes, and cartons; all crating materials; and all padding materials and equipment;

(3) Furnish or cause to be furnished, when necessary, padding or other protective material for the interior of the buildings, including elevators, from and to which the property will be moved under this contract; and

(4) Ensure that all containers and materials are clean and of quality sufficient for protection of the goods.

(b) Disassembling and reassembling of property and servicing appliances. The disassembling of property; e.g., beds and sectional bookcases, and the preparing of appliances; e.g., washers, driers, and record players, for shipment shall be performed by the Contractor. The Contractor shall reassemble the property and service the appliances upon delivery at the new location.

(c) Unpacking and/or uncrating and placement of property. The Contractor shall unpack and/or uncrate all property that was packed and/or crated for movement under this contract. The Contractor shall also place the property in the new location as instructed by the owner of the property or authorized representative, and shall remove all packing and similar or related material from the premises as requested by the owner.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 47.207-5 Contractor responsibilities.
  • 247.271-3 Solicitation provisions, schedule formats, and contract clauses.

← 52.247-12 Supervision, Labor, or Materials. · 52.247-14 Contractor Responsibility for Receipt of Shipment. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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